Scale



March 16, 1937. H, L WALKER 2,073,912

- SCALE Filed OCt. 28, I1930 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR. J HAQOLD L. HMA/(EQ,

BY M, Lm/n ATTORNEYS.

March 16, 1937. HQI.. WALKER y SCALE 2 Shee ts-Shee t 2 Filed Oct. 28, 1930 V INVENTOR. HAQOLD L. WAL/(EQ, BV M, wm La/MM.

ATTORNEYS.

Patented Mar. 16, 193.7

SCALE Harold L. Walker, Brooklyn, N. Y., assigner to` f TheJacobs Bros. Co. Inc., a corporation of New York Application October 28, 1930, Serial No. 491,649

i' claim.

This invention relates to a scale having functionally and structurally improved characteristics and primarily intended for employment as a personal weighing scale.

5 More especially, a scale constructed in accordance with the present invention is of primary utility when employed in a bathroom or nursery where it may be instantly available to clearly show the weights of persons using the same. As

l such, it is an object of the present invention to construct a scale, the mechanism of which will be extremely compact and by means of which, accordingly, it is possible to provide a scale occupying a minimum amount of floor space.

l A further object of the invention is that of furnishing a scale which if desired may be of minimum heighth so that it will provide only to the smallest extent a floor obstruction.

A further object is that of furnishing an apparatus of this character which will embody relatively few parts, each individually simple andl rugged in construction and capable of manufacture largely by automatic machinery, these parts being capable of assemblage within a minimum of time and by relatively inexperienced labor, and when so assembled being capable of ready truing up and operating over long periods of time with freedom from'mechanical dimculties and inaccuracies in registered results.

Another object is that of furnishing a scale,

the registering mechanism of which may be readily viewed while the person is operating the scale.

With these and other objects in mind, reference is had to the attached sheets of drawings, illustrating one practical embodiment of the invention, and in which:

Fig. `1 is a perspective view of one form of scale embodying the construction of the present l invention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged section side view thereof;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective View of one of the details of the operating mechanism;

Fig. 4 shows the bearing construction which may be employed;

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the scale as illustrated in Fig.'2;

Fig. 6 is a sectional side View showing a slightly different form of registering mechanism than that illustrated in the preceding views; and

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary enlarged view of one of the bearing units.

In these views, the numeral ill indicates a base which preferably may be of minimum heighth. Disposed above this base is a platform il and an accidental detachment of the platform from the base may be prevented by means for example of securing pins l2 'to theformer and having them extend through openings inthe latter, these pins carryingv beyondjsuch openings washers which act as stop elements.

The base carries adjacent its forwardend bearing supports or blocks I3 whichmay be of any desired material but preferably'l are of' suitably hardened metal. The beam rMiras extensions i5 in the nature of knife edgeb'earingmembers and these extensions cooperate with the blocks or rests i3 and are supported thereby. The beam id is U or fork shaped and adjacentthel point of intersection of its arms presentsa bearing member i6. Beyond this point offintersection, the beam is continued as at il and lextendsy in the embodiment illustrated to the rear'end of the base at which point it is supported byv the lower end of a coil spring i8, the upper end of which is adjustably mounted as at i9 in an extension 2Q of the base. A second U or fork shaped beam 2i is disposed in opposition to the beam i@ and has at a point beyond the point 'o'f juncture of its arms a hearing member 22-'which extends in alignment with the member i6. These vmembers are coupled by a loop 23 of suitable metal and thus these portions of the beams move in synchronism. The base iii also provides knife edge bearing members 24, these being disposed preferably adjacent the rear end of the base. lThe ends of the beam 2i are extended to provide knife edge bearing members 25 in line with' bearing members 2Q and these pairs `of ymembers yare con- -nected by loops 26 which provide theequivalents of bearing blocks. Adjacent its Aouter or rear end, the platform il is supported as for example by the use of posts 2l whichat "their lower ends provide bearing portions cooperating with the edges of knife shaped bearing members 28 forming parts of the beam i4. The beam 2i provides similar knife edge bearing members 29 and posts S extend downwardly from the rear end of the platform in line with these bearing members and have at their lower ends faces of suitable configuration to furnish the equivalent of bearing blocks.

in most instances, however, it is preferred that these bearings particularly be of the nature shown in Fig. 4 in which an adjustment is provided for. In this figure, it will be noted that the posts are bored and screw threaded to receive correspondingly threaded pins 3i which may be adjusted axially within the bores and thus .project to a greater or lesser extent block members 32 against which theirlower ends bear and which in turnvengage the knife edge bearing members 25. Accordingly, a ready adjustment is furnished at this point which will permit an expeditious truing up of the scale after the parts have once been assembled and the bore within which thel pin 3| is positioned is normally sealed for example by a covering 33 so that no objections will arise incident to dirt entering the bore.

With a view to furnishing a suitable registering means, the base is extended as for example by a separate unit 3Q to provide a portion housing a drum 35. The face of this drum bears graduations which indicate weight values and registering" with these graduations is a pointer 36. The periphery of the drum as Well as this pointer are Visible through an opening 31 in the top of the extension 3d and the rear face of this extension is normally closed by a cover plate 33, it being noted however that the portion 2Q of the base extends preferably beyond this cover so that the adjustment I9 may remain accessible with thecover in place. Extending across the portion 34 of thev base is a bar 39 which in conjunction with a boss 40 extending inwardly from the end casing portion 36 serves as a mounting for a rotatable shaft l. This shaft supports the drum 35 and additionally mounts a pinion 52, the teeth of which are engaged by a rack 43. Constant engagement between the teeth of these elements is assured by extending a portion t@ of the bar to provide a rack confining element, and thus movements on the part of the rack will be translated into rotation on the part of the drum.

In a scale ofthis nature which is called upon to support relatively great weights, the shocks to which the registering mechanism is subjected are correspondingly great and if some provision is not made to guard against damage, the parts are liable to become inoperative to an extent such that proper results will not be had. With this in mind, the present invention aims to provide a construction avoiding these difficulties. Thus, as in Fig. 3, a exion strip 65 is employed, one

end of which is attached to the lower end of the' rack bar, the opposite end being secured to an extension [i5 of the extended beam portion ll, Consequently, a yielding connection will be provided which will transmit in a cushioned manner thrusts to the rack bar, thus permitting the inertia of the registering mechanism to be overcome gradually and also permitting such registering mechanism to reach 'a stabilized condition the housing and merging with the sama This enclosing portion also prevents to the greatest extent the entrance of foreign matter into the mechanism.

Now referring to Fig. 6, it will be observed that the construction employed is in all respects similar to that previously described except that in lieu of applying the? unit 3d to the base, a vunit 68 is applied thereto which is flared upwardly and mounts a dial 59 preferably inclined to the horizontal and additionally provides suitable supports 50 for a shaft 5l. 'I'his shaft carries a pointer 52 which traverses the .graduations in the dial 9 and a pinion 53 is aiiixed to the shaft and meshes with the teeth of a rack 56. A bell-crank lever 55 is pivotally mounted as at 5,6 and has one of its ends connected to the end of the rack, its opposite end terminating in a fork 5?, the arms of which straddlea pin 53 carried by the extended beam portion Il.

Finally, referring particularly to Fig. 7, it will be noted that in order to provide a construction by means of which to the greatest extent any dan-ger of the knife edge members becoming displaced from withinA the bearing or loop members will be prevented. These members one of which has been indicated at 59 may have a foot portion 6U. As a consequence, while this portion will not interfere with the assemblage of the scale, it will prevent the knife edge member becoming accidentally displaced with respect to the loops or supporting elements.

Thus, it will be understood the several objects of the invention specifically afore referred to are achieved. It will moreover be understood that numerous changes in construction and rearrangements of the parts might be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention as dened by the claim. Y Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: A scale including, in combination, a platform, mechanism supported .by said base for supporting said platform, a registering mechanism and housing therefor supported by said base and adjacent one end thereof, said registering mechanism being connected Vto said platform supporting mecha-- nism, an extension forming a part of said base to the rear of such housing and extending adjacent the same to a point short of the upper edge of the latter, and movement resisting means lpositioned within such extension and supported.

from the upper end of such extension, said movement resisting means being connected to said platform supporting means.

' HAROID L. WALKER. 

